珍爱之物 meaning in English

the apple of sb’s eye

We didn t cook none of the pies in the wash - pan - afraid the solder would melt ; but uncle silas he had a noble brass warming - pan which he thought considerable of , because it belonged to one of his ancesters with a long wooden handle that come over from england with william the conqueror in the mayflower or one of them early ships and was hid away up garret with a lot of other old pots and things that was valuable , not on account of being any account , because they warn t , but on account of them being relicts , you know , and we snaked her out , private , and took her down there , but she failed on the first pies , because we didn t know how , but she come up smiling on the last one
我们并没有在洗衣盆里烘饼，深怕盆的焊锡见火会化。西拉斯姨父有一把珍贵的铜暖炉，是他珍爱之物，因为这有木头长把子的炉，是他的一个祖先随着征服者威廉坐“五月花”之类早先的船只从英格兰带来的，他一直把它和其它珍贵的古物藏在顶楼上。珍藏的原因倒不是因为有什么价值，它们并无什么价值，但却是因为这些是古董。